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Netia names MEA team
Orange-owned media service provider Netia has named Adel Hamla as its sales manager for the…
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RR Media teams up with WTS Live for Euro 2016
Media services provider RR Media has teamed up with production outfit WTS Live to offer …
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Google plans ‘to guarantee French YouTube stars’ income’
Google has approached the top 20 young YouTube stars in France to offer them a…
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Netflix takes back House of Cards in France
Netflix is to air the fourth season of its flagship drama House of Cards in…
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Vivendi moves raise question over Patuano’s future
Vivendi is flexing its muscles following its acquisition of a stake in Telecom Italia by…
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MIP TV unveils 4K Ultra HD line-up
MIP TV has announced details of an “extensive” 4K, Ultra High Definition programme at MIP…
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Harmonic completes Thomson buyout
Video delivery firm Harmonic has completed its acquisition of compression specialist Thomson Video Networks. Announcing…
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D8 entertainment chief upped to Canal+ role
Vivendi-owned pay TV operator Canal+ has given free-to-air channel D8’s director of live and entertainment…
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Thema taps AlterPoP for playout and distribution
French channels provider Thema has chosen managed content preparation, playout and multiplatform delivery service provider…
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Vivendi ‘tables offer’ for Mediaset pay TV unit
France-based entertainment giant Vivendi has reportedly made an offer for the pay TV assets of…
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Vivendi issues warning on Canal+ future as losses mount
Vivendi has stated that it “cannot on a long term basis continue to finance the…
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Canal+ and beIN Sports reportedly set to unveil deal
Canal+ and rival pay TV provider beIN Sports have struck an exclusive distribution agreement that…
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TF1 sees pay revenue down but profit up
France’s TF1 Group said it saw an improved result from its pay TV offering last…
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Eutelsat now broadcasts 6,000 TV channels
Satellite operator Eutelsat has is now broadcasting more that 6,000 TV channels via its fleet,…
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Turner’s Toonami makes French debut
Turner Broadcasting System has launched its kids channel Toonami in France, marking the first time…
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Lagardère hit by plunging revenue at studio arm
A poor performance by Lagardère’s TV activities contributed to a 10.6% fall in revenues on…
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Eutelsat and ViaSat form European broadband JV
Satellite operators Eutelsat and ViaSat have formed a joint venture (JV) to expand their satellite…
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Eutelsat lines up March launch for 65 West A satellite
Eutelsat is due to launch its Eutelsat 65 West A satellite on March 9 from…
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Bolloré confirms talks with beIN Sports to football chiefs
Vivendi chairman Vincent Bolloré and other top executives of the media group met French football…
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CanalSat launch for Sundance in France
The international Sundance Channel will launch on the Canalsat platform France this week. Sundance Channel…
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Mediaset Premium passes two million
Mediaset Premium, the pay TV unit of Italian broadcaster Mediaset, passed the milestone of two…
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Molotov appoints former TF1 director to lead int’l expansion
New French OTT service Molotov has appointed former TF1 director Jean-Pierre Paoli to help lead…
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Conseil d’État rejects claims of partiality in CSA pubcaster chief choice
France’s highest court, the Conseil d’État, has rejected a set of complaints by two unions,…
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France’s VOD Factory taps DVMR for MPEG-DASH delivery platform
French white label video-on-demand provider VOD Factory has tapped IP video services specialist DVMR to…
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Altice plan for NextRadioTV moves forward
Groupe News Participations, the French joint venture between Altice and media entrepreneur Alan Weill, has…
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Altice names original content chief
Cable and telecom investor Altice has named Nora Melhli as head of original creation and…
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IHS: smart TV ownership to reach 50% in UK, France, Germany
By 2019 more than 50% of TV households in the United Kingdom, France, Germany, the…
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Orange-Bouygues deal faces delay as French state seeks to protect its position
Orange’s acquisition of Bouygues Telecom has run into a hurdle in the shape of the…
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Eutelsat 9B successfully launched
Eutelsat successfully launched its new Eutelsat 9B satellite over the weekend from the Baikonur Cosmodrome…
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Orange passes fibre milestone
Orange now has over one million fibre broadband customers. The milestone was marked by the…